Curtis Pritchard’s brother AJ reveals their secret debt battle after Strictly and Love Island fame

CURTIS Pritchard's member AJ has revealed their concealed fiscal woes aft Strictly and Love Island fame.

Ex-Strictly dancer AJ, 30, recovered himself successful indebtedness during the Covid pandemic, aft his creation tours were abruptly cancelled.

AJ said helium and his All Stars member Curtis, 28, mislaid a beauteous penny erstwhile they were landed with a VAT bill.

The I'm A Celeb prima besides agreed to wage each of the dancers that were booked for the circuit - contempt not giving himself oregon Curtis a salary.

"We had a institution wherever we were moving our ain circuit and the circuit was virtually chopped short," AJ told the Mail.

"We paid each of our dancers due to the fact that personally I felt similar that was the close happening to bash and we ended up with a VAT bill, which came retired of our ain pocket."

AJ, who starred connected the BBC creation contention from 2016 to 2019, admitted radical often person misconceptions that he's a "millionaire" - but said his Strictly Come Dancing wage aft taxes was "not adjacent close".

Curtis, who is presently connected All Stars pursuing his divided from woman Sophie Sheridan, has appeared connected Love Island 3 times now.

While AJ has besides had his just stock of world TV appearances - with his stint connected I'm A Celebrity 2020 amid Covid-19.

He besides starred connected Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, and made a little cameo successful Hollyoaks with Curtis.

AJ said: "People travel retired of these shows and bash get paid a bully magnitude of money. There's decidedly a rollercoaster connected the wealth broadside [because it doesn't last]."

The ballroom dancer and Love Island prima has present co-founded Fint Invest, a fiscal concern app and company. 

The brothers are hoping to amended radical connected spending, with AJ saying: "Curt came retired of the villa [in 2019], helium whitethorn person spent a spot excessively overmuch money."

The prima admitted it tin beryllium a conflict to person accordant enactment lined up - but said helium has ever been cautious with wealth and has assorted portfolios, aft having invested his "very archetypal paycheck" connected Strictly.

Curtis is presently leaving the villa ladies swooning aft his All Stars return.

The TV prima is coupled up with Turkish histrion Ekin-Su.

But helium has travel under occurrence implicit the "convenient timing" of his astir caller interruption up - conscionable weeks earlier being formed connected Love Island All Stars.

Curtis was dating West End prima Sophie Sheridan for 2 years earlier their abrupt divided past year.

Now friends of the erstwhile mates assertion Curtis was eyeing up a spot connected the ITV2 show soon aft dumping heartbroken Sophie.

After Curtis defended his decision, a person of Curtis's ex told The Sun: "Sophie feels highly wounded and disappointed astir the details of their narration he’s chosen to stock arsenic recollections whitethorn vary. 

“They broke up successful October and they haven’t spoken since.

“He knew the amusement was coming up truthful the timing was each precise convenient.”

Curtis broke up with Sophie conscionable earlier launching his Come What May circuit with his Strictly prima member AJ Curtis connected September 20, 2024.

It's understood imaginable contestants for the caller bid were formed successful the weeks aft his narration ended.

A TV root told The Sun: "Love Island producers don't attack stars in relationships."